. >> reporter: and utah attorney mike lee is crushing his democratic rival even though lee favors dismantling social security and eliminating unemployment benefits. priorities he shares with alaska's joe miller. >> here's the difference: delaware is a democratic state and those other tea party states are either competitive purple or republican red. >> thank you so much! >> reporter: back in delaware, supporters of christine o'donnell... >> one of my first dates was with a witch on a satanic altar and i didn't know it. >> reporter: say they're not phased by the latest skeleton in her closet. >> i'm going to vote for people on what they're running on, not what they did 20 years ago because i'd never get elected myself if that happened. >> reporter: o'donnell was a frequent guest on comedian bill maher's program back in the 1990s and he plans to release more colorful clips like that one. for now, she's laughing off the threat saying, "hey, bill wanted ratings and i gave them to him." katie? >> katie: nancy cordes on capitol hill for us tonight. nancy, thank you. turning overseas now, two months

then he was in utah, mike lee emerged and incumbent bob bennett was ousted. he was seeking his fourth term though he originally promised he would serve two terms and then he quit. he served 18 years. kentucky rand paul defeated republican establishment favorite trey grayson. paul won with about 59% of the vote. the tea party is a force. when has something like this happened in politics before? can you remember a time? i can't. it is amazing. no matter how much money, no matter how much the media throws over and over and over again, the tea partys grow bigger and bigger in the media and the politicians in washington don't see it. i don't know why i'm surprised. "time" didn't even run picture of tea party in year in pictures last year. remember that? i don't know how you can miss it now. look what you have done. you have, you've done the impossible. you've gone in 18 months from feeling helpless to a powerhouse that my favorite line in the drudge report was this morning and it said, "establishment freaked." great! you've done all of this against all of the spec

. >> reporter: and utah attorney mike lee is crushing his democratic rival even though lee favors dismaptlingl security and eliminating social security benefits, ideas he shares with alaska's joe miller. >> delaware is a democratic state and those other tea party states are either purple or red. >> reporter: supporters cruf -- supporters of christine o'donnell say they're not phased. reporting for cbs news, capitol hill. >> and bill maher says he plans to release more clips of o'donnell on his show. >>> a mixed day on wall street. a slower day. the dow was up seven points. the s&p 500 down six points. let's go to new york where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> the federal reserve left interest rates at record lows but hinted it may start programs to restart the economy. policy makers appear to be taking a wait and see approach to see if the economy can heal on its own. >>> the housing market appears headed in the right direction. home construction soared 10%% last month. in another encouraging sign permits for future construction projects also rose but the job pic

mike lee in utah, they're all ahead. e we've got right here and for a number of reasons. delaware is a liberal state. had a very bloody primary. mike castle lost. he's very popular. the castle republicans are abandoning christine o'donnell or have not come back. she's controversial. no doubt bill maher has put out this stuff and it has been an attack on her. can her energy and enthusiasm and the money that is pouring in behind her and the general wave, can that overcome what are really big odds? >> i'm going to ask you this then, karen, because the tea party candidates clearly very successful in several primary races. who is to say they won't be successful in november. >> that was excellent spin from pat. but here's why they may not be so successful in november. one of the thins you're seeing and it follows the trend that we saw with christine o'donnell, no more national news interviews. sort of like they go into witness protection program. high profile republican strategist is sent out from the national republican senato

in utah, they've got this guy mike lee. in florida, you've got rubio. in pennsylvania, you've got toomey. toomey is an old-bred party guy. in every case, they're bumped. this is a party in rapid transition. this is a party that's not the old party of gerry ford and dick nixon. it's a new kind of party. >> what you just rattled off is why -- it explains why castle's airing that call that you just played. because he saw what happened with murkowski, bob bennet, all these folks who said it's not going to happen to me. >> he said he doesn't like to get dirty or rough. here he is, nate silver, one of our experts, if castle wins, ayotte wins tonight in new hampshire, if they both lose, he says it's a lot rougher to win. i think they can still win and net ten if they pull off some upsets in california and wisconsin, places like that. your thoughts? >> my last four senate seats, there are 13 democratic senate seats in play. the last four to flip in my mind are connecticut, west virginia, california and nevada. okay? and if you pull delaware out of the equation,

>> with well, once bob was out, yeah, i was supportive of mike lee, because he's a great candidate. but these are appropriators, bob bennett, lisa murkowski. they believe their job is to take home the bacon. it's a big part of the culture here in washington. and frankly, i've been around long enough to know that people are tired. even in alaska, candy, in alaska the voters there threw out someone who was bringing home the bacon. joe miller, running against earmarks, because i think we're hearing all over american, it's -- i don't one for my state if it's going to bankrupt my country. >> but we're talking really, 1, 2% of a budget here, when you're talking about the earmarks. that doesn't get you to a balanced budget. >> oh, candy, it's like saying the engine is a small part of the train. all the legislation, you look at health care, was pulled through by cornhusker kickbacks, that's an earmark. the bailouts failed in the house until they went back and added earmarks. it's always the way to grease the skids, and it's the power here. it's the power. it's why thousands of lobbyists are

in utah, mike lee took the nomination ousting republican incumbent senator bob bennett. in florida marco rubio was beating florida governor charlie crist so badly in the polls that crist dropped out of the republican primary to run as an independent. that same night joe miller won a tight race in alaska against republican senator lisa murkowski. and two weeks ago in delaware, christine, no relation, o'donnell, beat republican congressman mike castle. two of these losers have not given up. lisa murkowski is now desperately mounting a write-in campaign in alaska knowing full well the last time a senator won a write-in campaign was three years before the 53-year-old murkowski was born. charlie crist had to leave the republican party to get his name on the november ballot as an independent thereby turning the florida senate race into a three-way. marco rubio, an opponent of the president's health care plan, taxpayer funded stem cell research and the confirmations of both sonia sotomayor and elena kagan to the supreme court is running at 40% in the polls while opposition to r

joe miller, west point grad, lawyer, mike lee. these are impressive people.t of a flake in the past. she may persuade the voters of delaware that's past and see how she performs in the next six weeks. karl rove -- i'm not sure she won't have a chance. karl rove said she is 11 points behind in the first rasmussen poll. george bush lost delaware by 11 points in 2000/2004. john mccain lost delaware by five points in 2008. it's not so bad she's 11 points behind. if she's a plausible candidate and says i've done things in my past but i'm a serious person and i'm your person. she can make a competitive race. but i personally think mike castle is a better candidate. curious to see what happens in delaware. >> chris: nina? >> it's a fallacy to write off christine o'donnell. if you look at different states, massachusetts at this point in the special election to fill ted kennedy's seat six weeks out, scott brown by the way in a state 3-to-1 democrat to republican, scott brown was empty suit who posed nude in a centerfold of "cosmopolitan." majority of people in delawar

the republican establishment in year, christine o'donnell in delaware with, rand paul in kentucky, mike lee in utah, ken buck in colorado, joe miller in arkansas. they thought they would run against orrin hatch, he would be tough. oh, ronald reagan, he is a winger, way out there lost twice already. every time the liberals think, hey, great, we are running against a far right-winger, they lose. >> well, i do think that there is no doubt that mike castle would, on paper, be a much stronger candidate in this race and i think -- >> why didn't he win? >> very simple, because the people at the grassroots said to the republican national establishment, you don't pick our nominees, you don't impose them on us we pick them here, you guys eight years or more than that under bush destroyed the republican party 2006. we lost both houses. you nominated somebody sthab got less of the vote in california than barry goldwater. now, thank you, we will pick our own leaders. and i think it is an excellent message to send. >> by the way that is the speech that edward dirkson gave. >> twice you have taken us down

people do not even bother to poll, because mike lee is expected to win. the democratic candidate is the liquor control board president. a democrat will probably not win there for several generations. caller: now, where were the tea baggers when george bush was putting us through this? sarah palin. if president 0bama quit his job, the tea baggers would call her a loser. daughter hadent's gotten pregnant, they would say, if he cannot control his daughter, how can he control america. guest: the anger is nothing new. we have seen it over several election cycles. in 2006, they were angry enough to kick out the republican majority. in 2008, they swept in president obama. 2010, they are still angry. the difference is that now it is the republicans' trun. urn. the consultant class, the cato institute, etc., would not express their anger because they had a republican in office with george borscht. they were angry with president bush, who they believe did damage to the image of the republican party, when you talk about hurricane katrina, ought to control spending.

mike lee of utah. rand paul of kentucky. sharron angle of nevada. marco rubio of florida.colorado. ron johnson of wisconsin. now, they have called for repeal of president obama's health care bill. they are coming on very, very strong before november. democrats believe these candidates have helped cement an image of gop extremism out of step with voters. dick, do you agree? >> absolutely. these candidates want to, for instance, miller the other day was talking about doing away with social security rand paul is talking about doing away with the drug enforcement administration. he wants to do away with any federal assistance of state and local law enforcement on drugs this is a radical agenda. the american people haven't spoken. the only people who have spoken is a radical group who has hijacked the gop. come november, i think you will see voters in connecticut, delaware, virtually every state, maybe even in alaska, reject these extremist views and understand that these folks have an agenda that is not good for america. it is not good for our economic or social welfare. >> ju

very much like to join the ranks of rand paul in kentucky, joe miller in alaska, sharron angle and mike lee rode the tea party express to victory. fenty is running neck and neck with city council chairman vincent gray in his race for a second term. all right. how do we make sense of this? if anybody can give us the big picture and juicy details in two minutes, it is our cnn senior political editor mark preston who joins me now from our d.c. bureau for two at the top. take it away. >> as you said seven states and the district of columbia holding primaries today. this is very much the end of the primary season and we're going to focus in on the general election. this has been very divisive. you had a great list of insurgent candidates that came out of nowhere and beat the establishment candidates. just ticking off a couple of recent ones, bennett in utah pb murkowski in alaska. christine o'donnell as you said hoping to do the same with mike castle in delaware. a lot on the line. is this going to be an anti-incumbent year? so far it has been. >> let's talk about some of the other races. what a

take a look at this, bob bennett of utah who was beaten by a tea party candidate, mike lee in a stateepublican convention, lisa murkowski just lost in alaska to another tea party candidate. trey grayson from kentucky was beaten by rand paul, of course, and we've got governor charlie crist of florida afraid of being beaten in a republican primary by marco rubio. he switched parties and became an independent. >> we're going to get results pretty soon that would have potentially national ramifications. >> absolutely. lots of folks are saying that those voters in delaware can determine whether republicans are going to take over the senate. but the lesson here from mike castle is that campaigns matter. and i spoke to a senior republican strategist today, very involve in this campaign, who said, look, they learned the lesson from senator murkowski, senator murkowski lost. she lost by 1600 votes. she had a million dollars in the bank. she didn't go on the attack the way she should have. and what you're seeing play out in delaware is jessica yellen has been reporting all day today, is that mi

mike lee in utah, march rubio in florida. in house races, very impressive young candidates. that is what happens when a party is growing. energy, excitement, activism. some fighting. like a football team with four or five good running backs -- only two gunplay at once. there is a lot of tension in the locker room. the coach gets second-best. abettors have that as a tuition than two mediocre -- that is a better situation than having two mediocre. 2006, as i recall, there were not many republican primaries. every incumbent was re- nominated. if republicans -- did they do well? i don't think so. this year with all the turmoil, some dissension, republicans will do just fine. host: the normal phone lines are open. plus a fourth line for tea party supporters. supporters. in 1992 you were chief of staff to vice president quayle whose son was nominated in the third district. but the ross perot movement in 1992 helped to derail george h. w. bush's presidency. the ec a similarity between ross perot in 1992 and a tea party in 2010? guest: i see a similarity and contrast. the bad thing

mike lee, a tea party backed candidate comes out ahead in a republican primary. rand paul and kentucky -- in kentucky. 58.8% to 35.4%. in florida, if you go there. in the latest polls of the three-way general magic, mark rubio leads. this is the latest poll from fox. do you know, steve peoples, what is going on? guest: i do not think it is a real surprise. the same trend we are seeing, in these low turnout republican primaries, the energized conservative base backed by the tea party in most cases can really push what some might call fringe candidates over the edge. it is not rocket science. the side that gets its group bought more energized to get out to vote will win. and we are seeing that playing out across the country. host: let us go to our first phone call. darlene from the democrat mine in dallas. can you tell us what is going on? why do we see the tea party, anti establishment candidates winning? caller: yes, first of all, the democrats have a progressive group and you guys never talk about and show them on the news and that is one reason why. no one ever

lee. office of congressman mike honda. thank you for coming. the juvenile probation department. thank you for coming here this evening. thank you for coming. ok. we are now going to begin tonight's program. first we'll hear from one of the nation's leading legal scholars on the long-term economic impact of immigrant rights policy and reform. we will hear from a panel. after the panel discussion, we will have time to hear from the local elected officials. then we will open the meeting for public comments. if you would like to speak during the public comment section, please fill out a yellow card and return that to a member of our staff. i would like to introduce adrian, who has done amazing work for this commission. she's the executive director of the office of immigrant affairs would you introduce the speakers and panelists. thank you very much. >> thank you, chair mccarthy. it's truly a pleasure to introduce tonight's keynote speaker. the professor is a highly respected legal scholar. he is an sbure, he is an author and an expert on immigration law. among his many leadership ro

we lost your mike phone. >> it is. >> lee is it false imprisonment?rtment says they have no policy of police officer investigating a matter with a personal or emotional interest at stake?. >> was it unwise, or smartest thing to do? it was not the smartest thing to do. should the department discipline in some way? yeah. should he be arrested, prosecuted and go to jail, no, of course not. he has viable offenses. two defenses are consent and justification. megyn: parent say they didn't consent. >> what does his attorney say? megyn: they did. >> we weren't in the room. we don't know. mark i don't know if we have his mike back yet. >> i'm back and i disagree with you. >> there is that voice. why did we get his mic back? i think, mark, even mark would agree with me that if the parents consented to this scared straight theatrical tactic, that there could be no false imprisonment. can i stop there? do we have agreement on that. >> i will concede to that, lee, yes. >> typical lawyer. couldn't say yes. >> i said yes. those are not the facts however. >> no, no.

lee ellis. google founder. facebook founder, mike zuckerberg. number 35, he's worth $6.9 billion.urt schmitt comes in with 5 million. you can add schmitt and elafin to that list. you have to be worth at least $1 billion to make forbes list. >>> they're hoping to strike it rich with their music. they're part of a group called my servia. they're hosting an event for kids later this month. >> i like the beatles, but i like early madonna. >> she likes the beatles. an all-day music festival on saturday. all proceeds will go to that school. no sweet sounds of victory for the giant tonight, huh? >> not for the giants. steve jobs and zuckerberg walking down the street in pal'spal' owe -- palo alto last week. no kidding, from my source. stay with us of the our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approv

lee enterprises. first, we have mike gore, the editorial page editor for "the sioux city journal." josh nelson is sitting next to mike, a political reporter for the waterloo courier. on the other side of the stage are ed tibits and arian, an on-line editor at the mason city globe gazette. >> in addition to the questions being asked by the panelists, the candidates will also have an opportunity tonight to ask each other a question, will also feature a question from the viewer of kcau-tv as well as a reader from "the sioux city journal." >> for audience, we have asked the audience live here in the theater not to applaud during the debate so we can get to the issues that are substantial facing iowa. >> there is one exception. that exception is now, let's introduce the candidates for v governor for the state of iowa. governor chet culver is the incumbent and democrat nominee. [applause] >> and before serving as governor, he was iowa's secretary of state. >> republican nominee terry branstad. [applause] he was most recently the president of in university, governor of iowa from 1983 to 1

we could ask mike and joe to keep an eye on the cottage until they become the owner on january 1, 2011. [bell ringing] thank you. president miguel: thank you. >> commissioners, marilyn lee. i am dismaid at president miguel's closing of the period for public comment on both the 2004 and 2009 housing elements deir. many neighborhood organizations had asked for continuation to the end of september to allow for full comment on the deir. and note that as president miguel is invested with the power, is not invested with the power to make unilaterally such important decisions according to both the board rules and robert's rules of order. his role is as facilitator and the commission is the body and the individuals that act on such an important decision. thank you. president miguel: is there further general public comment? if not, general public comment is closed. commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: while we don't comment on public comment, i would ask staff to please talk to mr. hart about how our calendar really works and that items are never really closed. there is a category for comment on items that have been closed that staff can go over that a little bit more w

lee. >> voting this november would be like trying to decide whether to marry your first ex-wife or your second. >> mikeetter at picking candidates than you were at picking wives. obviously that didn't go so well for you, but you know, the good thing is, it's not as complicated getting rid of a politician as it is getting rid of an ex-wife, one of the things that should encourage you to vote. in fact, there's anything i hope people will remember and i just want to sort of sump this, and say thanks for all the e-mails we've had. more than we can get to. but here is something i want to remind you of. if you don't vote, you essentially have said whatever the politicians do, fine with me. i've often gone to schools and i would get in front of a group of students and they don't want to hear some politician talk and say how many of you really don't care about politics and of course, they kind of-- i say, great, good news for me and they were, what? i said great news, i'm so happy to hear you don't care, you're not going to vote because i was thinking about maybe putting the bill in the legislature that would

chose her the race was on track favoring the gop because mike castle the guy christine o'donnell beat was shown as beating the democrat had today lee. much more later in the hour. the treasury department is leading a new investigation into the white house, and whether the white house was involved in the decision to protect the benefits of some union workers at general motors while cutting the benefits of white collar workers alternate the same unit, in essence favoritism by the government towards the union at the expense of others. stu varney, host of varney & company is my guest now. the treasury department is investigating the white house because the white collar workers complained. they got the shaft. is it the government or gm who they say gave them the shaft. >> reporter: back up a little. delphi the big auto parts maker got caught up in the general motors bankruptcy. 21,000 white collar workers at delphi had their pensions cut, chopped, big time. the union workers, they also got their pensions cut, but their mentions -- penses were topped up again with money that was followed through general motors and the bankruptcy fund and

mike huckabee! [ applause ] >> what a great audience we got here tonight. welcome to huckabee from the fox studios from new york city. eight years ago this week, john mohammad and leeion's capitol going on shooting spree by killing ten innocent people. but the person was the most scared was mohammad's ex-wife and she will join us to tell us why. can we trust china? we're going to ask a ballet dancer used as a propaganda tool for the chinese communist regime but he now defected and is the subject of a powerful new movie called mao's last dancer. we're going to be reading your e-mails. [ applause ] >> mr. president, welcome to the huckabee show. i am surprised you are here. >> actually i am a bit surprised to. the they told me they i was going the colbert report. >> the staff brought you here instead. we're going to be talking later in the show about why people aren't going to vote -- what do you think people say they're not going to vote? >> let me say this -- one of the things that makes this country so great is that everyone has a right to vote. i wouldn't be what i'm doing today if people didn't get out and vote. >> that is why they aren't going to vote, i don't